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Nighthawk R7960P-NAS100 slow start-up
Since I first purchased and installed my R7960P-NAS100 Nighthawk X65 ac3600, (about 3 months ago) I’ve encountered a delay in my internet every time I wake my system up from sleep state. It can take ...
so you're running a N600 cable modem/router combo device (model #?) and the R7960P?
Are they both in router mode?
I get you turned off wifi and the N600 but if you didn't put it in modem mode, you're running in a double nat. That can cause some slow downs.
https://kb.netgear.com/30186/What-is-Double-NAT
Edit: Sorry-its early. posted this before I could see the rest of the conversation
> My modem is a netgear N600 wi-fi cable modem. [...]
"wi-fi" implies modem+router, not simply "modem". What's its actual
model number? C3700? C3700v2? Other? Look at the product label.
> [...] I've disabled Wi-Fi [...]
That's not enough to stop it from being a router, and you don't want
two routers.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your (actual) model number,
and look for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Read. Look for
some topic like "Change the Router Mode". Selecting "Router Mode: No"
should make it a modem-only.
> [...] The only change made was setting up this wifi router, [...]
Giving you two cascaded routers, not one router, which might cause a
problem like this.
> [...] It is still under warrenty so tech support is my next option.
If it's free, ...